But unlike other Lego releases, the game will only include action from two films out of a trilogy - Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the upcoming Desolation of Smaug.

Jackson has squeezed a third film out of the book too - The Hobbit: There and Back Again, which is due to be released in cinemas in November 2014. Presumably this will in turn be covered by another Lego Hobbit game.

ORIGINAL STORY: A Lego The Hobbit video game will launch in 2014, leaked promo art has suggested.

Hobbit-themed Lego sets due to launch next year include the artwork on the back of instruction booklets, Lego fan site TheBrickFan reports.

3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions appear to be in the works.